Vertical distribution of zooplankton: Density dependence and evidence for an ideal free distribution with costs

BMC Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lampert, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAKE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; THEORY; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENEDESMUS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; SCENEDESMUS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 27544454131     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-3-10     Document Type: Article

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